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<blockquote class="twitter-tweet" data-lang="en"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">King Tut was buried with a dagger made out of a meteorite. <a href="https://t.co/7xbY4cK6GD">https://t.co/7xbY4cK6GD</a> <a href="https://t.co/xd7CcGVz2o">pic.twitter.com/xd7CcGVz2o</a></p>? Discover Magazine (@DiscoverMag) <a href="
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What the hell was Buck looking at? I didn't watch ST. Has he significantly improved his approach?

They did a piece on Kim on MLB radio the other day. Can't remember who was talking about him but he said he was lunging through spring training and could not get to the fastball. He said that the Orioles worked with him on staying on his back leg and we are seeing the results of that. It was an ex MLB player who claimed to have knowledge of the situation.

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What the hell was Buck looking at? I didn't watch ST. Has he significantly improved his approach?

I think he just made a mistake, plain and simple. All this bunk about him getting in shape by sitting on the bench is just cover for making a mistake, imho. Even the Buck can be wrong. He was enamored with Rickard and let it affect his evaluation of Kim, imho.

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Raul Mondesi, Matt Stairs, Brian Giles, Jim Wynn, Rogers Hornsby, Al Simmons, Adrian Beltre, Willie Horton, Dick Allen, Yaz, Gary Sheffield, Mel Ott.

Oh this is gonna be fun..

Ra?l Mondes? tested positive in 2003. His son is no different then him.

Matt Stairs used adderall.

Brian Giles went from an average hitter to a bomb machine and when testing started taking place in 2003 his numbers fell off a cliff.

Jim Wynn hit 30 plus 3 times in his career and averaged 25 homer a season..

Rogers Hornsby was close to 6ft and age 26 playing in Sportsman's Park (the Camden Yards of the 1920s).

Al Simmons 5'11, 190lbs, Adrian Beltre 5'11 220, Willie Horton 5'11 209 (and played in Detriot and did it only once), Dick Allen 5'11 190.

Gary Sheffield is an admitted steroid user.

Mel Ott played at the Polo Grounds (you could spit down the lines and clear the fences there, 279ft in LF and 258ft in RF).

Most of the guys you listed were big boys as in 5'10 or taller for the periods they played. Especially in the era's they played where some ball park fences down the line were short of 300ft.

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